Anyone who lives in Bergen has a regular coffee spot. In the mornings you will see plenty of familiar faces at ours: the neighbour with his newspaper, a painter on his way to the studio, walkers just back from the dunes. Fabel’s is directly opposite the Ruïnekerk, and the coffee is ready from half past nine. This is what a morning with us looks like.
In short
- Where: Oude Prinsweg 9, directly opposite the Ruïnekerk
- From: 09:30, on Saturdays 09:00, on Sundays 10:00
- Cake: fresh every day from Patisserie Roos
- Seating: at the reading table, in the conservatory or on the heated terrace
- Booking: not necessary
The reading table
In the middle of the room stands a big communal reading table with the day’s newspapers and magazines. You pull up a chair, order a cappuccino and catch up on the news. Nobody hurries you along: stay as long as you like. It is the place where you hear the village news before it is in the paper.
Cake from Patisserie Roos
Our cakes arrive fresh every morning from Patisserie Roos on Dorpsstraat, a few minutes’ walk away. The bakery has been there since 1896 and is the oldest shop in the village. In the display: the hazelnut crunch with mocha cream, apple and walnut tart and the cake of the week. On cold days there is a warm apple turnover with cinnamon sugar.
A cappuccino, the paper and a slice of cake: this is how Bergen starts the day.
More than coffee
Hungry for more? From 09:30 there is breakfast: a Greek yoghurt bowl with homemade granola, spelt pancakes with banana and red fruit, smoothies, uitsmijters (fried eggs on bread) and toasties. For children there is a babyccino and a roll with hagelslag, the Dutch chocolate sprinkles. From 10:30 the lunch menu opens; read more about that in lunch in Bergen NH.
Inside or outside
In fine weather you sit on the terrace, with a view of the church and the village passing by. The terrace is heated, so even in March or November you can sit outside. At the back is the conservatory: quieter, overlooking the garden, with ever-changing art on the walls. On Saturdays the weekly market is set up around the Ruïnekerk; then the terrace is the best place to watch.
Regulars
Bergen is a village full of artists, musicians and writers, and many of them are part of the furniture here. Sometimes someone spontaneously picks up the microphone. You never quite know who will walk in, and you always go home with a story.
Fabel’s tip
Come early on Saturday morning, when we open at 09:00. The market is being set up, the village is still quiet and the first apple turnovers are just warm. Afterwards, do a round of the galleries around the church, or first read the history of the Ruïnekerk while looking at it.
Good to know
Where can you have coffee in Bergen NH?
At Fabel’s on Oude Prinsweg, directly opposite the Ruïnekerk. Every day from 09:30, on Saturdays from 09:00 and on Sundays from 10:00.
Is the cake at Fabel’s fresh?
Yes. It arrives fresh every day from Patisserie Roos on Dorpsstraat in Bergen, a bakery that has existed since 1896.
Do you need to book for coffee?
No, just walk in. Only with six people or more are we happy to keep a table for you.
Can you have breakfast at Fabel’s too?
Yes, from 09:30: yoghurt bowls, spelt pancakes, smoothies, uitsmijters and toasties. Lunch is served from 10:30.
Written by the team at Fabel’s eten & drinken, Oude Prinsweg 9, Bergen (NH), the Netherlands. Last updated on 9 November 2026.